[opendtv] 20051206 Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)
- From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 23:49:36 -0500 (EST)
Here are some very efficient (low-administrative-cost) relief
organizations (all have four-star ratings from CharityNavigator.org):
<http://www.americares.org/>
<http://www.redcross.org/donate/donate.html>
<http://www.directrelief.org/index.html>
<http://www.hopeww.org/>
<http://www.mercycorps.org/splash/>
I understand the Red Cross web site is often busy. Americans may also
call 800 HELP NOW (800 435-7669).
- Follow-ups:
- Ancillary and supplementary DTT services - I shouldn't have restricted
the non-fee services to TV in the last memo. Free broadcast audio and data
services are also okay.
- Northern Ireland and free DTT receivers - It also appears that my
sarcasm didn't make it through the last memo well enough. Yes, I am well aware
that there are no DTT-receiver giveaways (at least not yet) in Northern
Ireland. KIRO-TV's consumer reporter is the one who didn't know it.
- ***The Technology Retreat***, February 21-24 in Rancho Mirage -
- Do you know anything about the CineGrid approach to networked
scalable media? How about the digital-cinema initiative of Germany's
Fraunhofer Institute? Interoperability between different levels of European
digital cinema? Come hear Laurin Herr of Pacific Interface, Siegfried Foessel
of the Fraunhofer Institute, and Peter Wilson of HDDC, along with others
describing other projects, fill you in at the international developments in
digital cinema session.
- Does anyone REALLY expect people to watch TV on a pocket phone?
Hear about the DMD, DVB-H, and MediaFLO distribution techniques, from the
people installing one of the systems, at the TV for Mobile Devices session.
FYI, here's a story from CommsDesign, concentrating on Sweden, but
discussing developments in mobile TV:
<http://tinyurl.com/83d3q>
- What do Chuck Crawford, award-winning co-founder of Television
Production Services, Mark Johnson, vp of technology at Technicolor, and Jim
Taylor, senior vp and general manager of the advanced technology group at Sonic
Solutions have in common? For one thing, they are the co-authors of the highly
acclaimed book "DVD Demystified." For another, they will be doing a joint
session at ***The Technology Retreat*** on next generation consumer disks
(including Blu-ray and HD DVD). Are you familiar with Dolby Digital Plus,
DTS-HD, 6.1- and 7.1-channel surround sound, and the new lossless audio codecs
being pushed by studios? They are. How about choosing video codecs, doing
interactive design, and dealing with content protection? Again, they literally
wrote the book. If you're involved in consumer media (or equipment), this is a
session you shouldn't miss. It's worth the price of admission alone.
- As a bonus, Crawford and Johnson will co-moderate a
Thursday-morning breakfast roundtable on "Next-Generation DVD Formats: Impact
on Production," and Taylor will moderate a Friday-morning breakfast roundtable
on "Next-Generation DVD Formats: Technologies and State of Affairs."
- Peter Wilson, founder of the UK's High Definition & Digital Cinema,
Ltd., will also be moderating two roundtables. Thursday's is on independent
digital production for digital cinema, and Friday's asks whether the term
"standardized workflow" is a red herring.
- Thomas Bremond, senior vp of SmartJog, will be moderating a
roundtable on new global digital delivery models for the entertainment
industry. So far, there are 22 confirmed breakfast roundtables, but there's
(almost) always room for more. If you'd like to moderate one -- on ANY topic
-- please contact me.
- There's more to come -- LOTS more. Register NOW!
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- U.S. analog cutoff - Representative Ed Markey told C-SPAN he thinks the
date will be delayed (I do, too). The full story from Broadcasting & Cable
requires a paid subscription:
<http://tinyurl.com/ctwjp>
- Digital-cable-ready equipment -
- Negotiations between the cable and consumer-electronics industries
on two-way compatibility still have a number of "sticking points":
<http://www.twice.com/article/CA6288257.html>
- About 80,000 CableCARDs have been deployed since the first
digital-cable-ready TVs began to appear. This Multichannel News story does NOT
require a paid subscription:
<http://tinyurl.com/c58m6>
- Meanwhile, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association
(NCTA) has told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that downloadable
conditional-access security (DCAS), requiring neither CableCARDs nor expensive
connectors for them, could replace the current system as soon as July 1, 2008:
<http://tinyurl.com/84fz8>
- Samsung has agreed to use DCAS:
<http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051130/20051130005548.html?.v=1>
- CED has a story on both two-way CableCARDs and DCAS:
<http://www.cedmagazine.com/article/CA6288333.html>
- The new video-on-demand universe -
- Here are a couple of stories in the general press:
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2005-11-29-tv-vod_x.htm>
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/05/business/media/05media.html>
- The latest story is NBC Universal providing extensive content
through the iTunes store:
<http://www.quote.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=53714808>
You can ask an NBC Universal vp -- or similarly high-ranking excutives
from ABC, CBS, and Fox -- all about it at ***The Technology Retreat***. And,
in honor of the big VOD shock to the industry, here's a hint regarding the
grand-prize quiz question of 2006. It'll be about VOD. Study up. But you
can't win if you aren't there to enter:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Now there's a product designed specifically to record TV (using
AVC) for display on Sony's PlayStation Portable. The company, Neuros
Technology International, seems very open about content accessibility:
<http://www.twice.com/article/CA6288929.html>
- I liked the first part of this headline: "Disney Delivers
Full-Screen Theatrical-Quality Video Direct to Video-Enabled iPods and PCs With
'Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.'" There must be a
new definition of "full-screen theatrical quality" if it includes a 2.5-inch
320 x 240 4:3 LCD. In fairness, the story makes it clear the quality refers to
the PCs, not the iPods:
<http://www.quote.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=53646460>
- Advanced consumer discs -
- The BIG story this week, of course, is the session on them at
***The Technology Retreat*** with the three guys who literally wrote the book:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Here's a story on Taiwan's FVD (which also mentions China's EVD):
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/30/fvd_volume_production/>
- Multicasting - Here's a story from Mediaweek on the current situation
with U.S. broadcasters:
<http://tinyurl.com/cy8p7>
- HDTV owners not watching HDTV - Scientific-Atlanta commissioned a survey
of 500 HDTV owners and found:
- about half had no way to get any HDTV programming,
- 28% thought the pictures improved enough just by getting the HDTV,
- 23% thought they were getting HD already because the message before
HD shows said they were in HD, and
- 18% thought they didn't need anything besides the HDTV to get HDTV:
<http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/scientificatlanta/23151/>
- July 1 -
- This week I've listed 143 ads for TVs 36-inch or larger. Of those,
117 (82%) have integrated DTT-reception capability, including those about which
there is some doubt. As of July 1, 100% of those manufactured in or imported
to the U.S. and equipped with tuners were supposed to have integrated
DTT-reception capability. I've also listed 74 ads for TVs between 25- and
35-inch. Of those, 17 (23%) have integrated DTT-reception capability. As of
July 1, 50% of those manufactured in or imported to the U.S. and equipped with
tuners were supposed to have integrated DTT-reception capability.
- See also the ads section for inexpensive non-integrated sets that
are HD and/or widescreen.
- TV sets that required DTT-reception circuitry starting 2004:
- Sony 36S45 36-inch TV w/PIP @ Universal $289
- Sony Wega 36FS10 36-inch flat-tube TV @ Universal $459
- Toshiba 36H45 36-inch TV w/PIP @ Universal $259
- Toshiba Da50 50-inch projection TV w/PIP @ Universal $409 DV
- Sony 53S65 53-inch projection TV w/PIP @ Universal $479
- Sony 65S75 65-inch projection TV w/PIP @ Universal $749
DV - price includes DVD player
- TV sets that required DTT-reception circuitry starting 2005:
- Mystery brand 27-inch TV @ Circuit City $159.24
- Panasonic 27H45 27-inch TV w/PIP @ Universal $109
- Panasonic PVDF2735 27-inch flat-tube TV/DVD/VCR @ Sears $455.99
- Sharp 27F541 27-inch flat-tube TV @ Best Buy $249.99
- Sharp 27C241 27-inch TV @ Best Buy $164.99
- Sony 27S45 27-inch TV w/PIP @ Universal $129
- Sony KV27FS120 27-inch flat-tube TV @ Ultimate $349.95 BS
- Sony Wega 27FS10 27-inch flat-tube TV @ Universal $189
- Sylvania 6727DF 27-inch TV/DVD/VCR combo @ Best Buy $279.99
- Toshiba 27AF45 27-inch flat-tube TV @ Circuit City $299.99
- Magnavox 32MT3305 32-inch TV @ Circuit City $269.24
- Sony 32S45 32-inch TV w/PIP @ Universal $189
- Sony KV32FS120 32-inch flat-tube TV @ Sears $549.99
- Sony Wega 32FS10 32-inch flat-tube TV @ Universal $309
- RCA 32V520T 32-inch TV @ Circuit City $288.99
BS - price "before savings"
- Devices that would require DTT-reception circuitry in 2007:
- Mystery brand 5-inch TV/AM/FM combo @ Walgreens $19 AR
- Philips AJL700 under-cabinet 7" TV/DVD/radio @ Best Buy $299.99 DS
- Konka 13-inch TV @ Universal $45
- Symphonic ST413E 13-inch TV @ Circuit City $57.99
- Magnavox 14MS2331 14-inch flat-tube TV @ Circuit City $88.24
- Konka 19-inch TV @ Universal $59
- Symphonic ST419E 19-inch TV @ Circuit City $77.99
- TruTech DW19TT 19-inch TV @ Target $78
- Magnavox 20MS2331/17 20-inch TV @ Best Buy $99.99
- Magnavox 20MS3442/17 20-inch flat-tube TV @ Best Buy $124.99
- "Famous Makers" VCR @ Universal $22
- "Famous Makers" DVD/VCR combo @ Universal $44
- JVC HR-XVC18B DVD/VCR combo @ J&R $99.99
- Philips DVP3050V DVD/VCR combo @ Circuit City $89.99
- Samsung DVDV5500 DVD/VCR combo @ Sears $94.99
- CyberHome CHDVR1600 DVD recorder @ Circuit City $99.99
- Magnavox MRV700VR/17 VCR/DVD recorder combo @ Best Buy $229.99
- Mystery brand DVD recorder @ CompUSA $99.99
- Panasonic DMREH50S PVR/DVD recorder combo @ Circuit City $399.99
- Panasonic DMRES20S DVD recorder @ Sears $179.99
- Panasonic DMRES40VS VCR/DVD recorder combo @ Circuit City $299.99
- Panasonic DMR-ES40VS VCR/DVD recorder combo @ J&R $289.99
- Samsung DVDR120 DVD recorder @ Circuit City $179.99
- Samsung DVD-VR320 VCR/DVD recorder combo @ J&R $199.99
- Sansui VCR/DVD recorder combo @ Universal $98
- Sony RDRGX315 DVD recorder @ Circuit City $299.99
- Sony RDRGX315 DVD recorder @ Sears $284.99
- Toshiba D-R4 DVD recorder @ Best Buy $179.99
- Toshiba DVR4X VCR/DVD recorder combo @ Sears $265.99
- Zenith ZRY316 VCR/DVD recorder combo @ CompUSA $249.99
- Gateway 1062 TV tuner card & remote @ CompUSA $99.99
- Gateway GX7022E computer w/TV tuner pkg. @ Best Buy $1449.97
- HP M7248N computer w/TV tuner pkg. @ CompUSA $1024.98 AO
- HP M7250N computer w/TV tuner pkg. @ Circuit City $1099.99 AR
- HP M7250N computer w/TV tuner pkg. @ CompUSA $924.98 AR
- HP M7260N computer w/TV tuner pkg. @ CompUSA $1074.98 AR
- HP ZD8230US computer w/TV tuner @ CompUSA $1924.99 AR
- Sony computer w/TV tuner @ Universal $699
- Sony LFPK1 streamer w/TV tuner @ CompUSA $349.99
- Sony VGN-AX570G computer w/TV tuner @ Sony $2299.99
- Sony VGX-XL1 computer w/TV tuner @ CompUSA $2074.99 AO
- Sony VGX-XL1 computer w/TV tuner @ Sony $2299.99
AO - price after rebate requiring subscription to AOL
AR - price after mail-in rebate
DS - price includes "Shrek" DVD
- Devices that would require dual DTT-reception circuitry in 2007:
- Panasonic PV-DF2035 20-inch TV/DVD/VCR combo @ J&R $299.99
- Symphonic SC724DF 24-inch TV/DVD/VCR combo @ Circuit City $298.99
- Toshiba MW20F51 20-inch TV/DVD/VCR combo @ Sears $284.99
- Devices possibly not covered but receiving analog TV signals:
- Readers have asked how to get hold of some of the non-national
retailers, so look for their phone numbers at the bottom of the memo.
- May 1 - None of the lists I check have been updated since the last memo.
- There are no H/DTV items on the agenda of Friday's FCC meeting:
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-262545A1.pdf>
- There has been an interesting thread on the availability of PSIP program
information on the OpenDTV Forum. One part is that some DTT receivers are
apparently utilizing electronic program guides being transmitted in the
vertical blanking intervals of ANALOG TV stations. Presumably, when those
stations go off the air, those digital sets will lose their program guides.
Here is the URL for the first message of the thread:
<//www.freelists.org/archives/opendtv/12-2005/msg00000.html>
- Disney, Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal, and now Dreamworks are supporting the
Access Integrated Technologies/Christie plan to provide digital-cinema
equipment to movie theaters without the exhibitors having to make any capital
investment (they DO have to pay a "project management fee" and for a ten-year
maintenance contract:
<http://www.dcinematoday.com/dc/pr.aspx?newsID=358>
Is that a significant breakthrough? I'm not close enough to the business
end of digital cinema to say, but I DO know where to find out. The big movers
and shakers of the field will be at ***The Technology Retreat***. How about
you?
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
In a somewhat related story, the latest edition of Kagan Research's "The
Business of Movie Production and Distribution" says that Hollywood's
international motion-picture revenues for 2005 will exceed domestic for the
first time:
<http://tinyurl.com/787q5>
It's a good thing that you can find out what's happening in digital cinema
worldwide at ***The Technology Retreat***. BE THERE!
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- International H/DTV news:
- Advanced-television.com reports 400,000 DTT set-top boxes sold in Spain
BEFORE holiday shopping began, starting at 50 Euro each:
<http://tinyurl.com/bk2um>
- Channel NewsAsia say Singapore will start HD transmissions by the middle
of next year:
<http://tinyurl.com/b3ma7>
- UK cable operator Telewest is providing HD and PVRs to about 400
subscribers:
<http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds26838.html>
- The European Union has backed a 2012 analog cut-off date. This story is
from Reuters:
<http://tinyurl.com/9h54z>
- Sony Europe will stop selling analog-only TVs next year, "including into
markets where DTT has not yet been launched," according to technology marketing
manager Tim Page:
<http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=0&id=1329>
- Korea started transmitting an extensive schedule of TV programming
terrestrially free to mobile devices on December 1 using the Digital Media
Broadcasting (DMB) scheme:
<http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005120138848>
<http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=34907>
In a somewhat related story, Verizon has adopted Qualcomm's MediaFLO
(forward-link only, a way of saying "broadcasting") to provide mobile video in
the U.S.:
<http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=3504>
Both of those systems, as well as the Digital Video Broadcasting group's
handheld scheme (DVB-H) will be described at the mobile-TV session at ***The
Technology Retreat***. Don't say you weren't warned:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- According to DisplaySearch's Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report:
- worldwide TV shipments in the third quarter were up 2% over the 3rd
quarter of 2004 to 43.6 million units,
- 16% of those units were flat panel (about 12.5% LCD & 3.5% plasma), but
flat-panel TV represented 55% of overall revenues,
- 32-inch was the most-popular LCD size in every global region, followed
by 20-inch and 26-inch,
- HDTV was 47% of plasma worldwide and 66% in North America,
- 42-inch was the most-popular EDTV-plasma size, with a 50% share,
- smaller-than-42-inch EDTV plasma dropped from 11% to 8%,
- microdisplay (MD) rear-projection TVs (RPTVs) had huge growth but
represented only about 634,000 units, although that was more than the 479,000
CRT-based RPTVs (a drop of 10%), the first time MD beat CRT in RPTV,
- of those MD RPTVs, DLP edged out LCD 47% to 46% [but, if the rest are
LCoS/D-ILA/SXRD, shouldn't those be counted among LCD?],
- direct-view CRTs declined 8% to 35.5 million, but that still represented
more than 81% of the market,
- direct-view CRT prices were down 17% from last year, and size dropped to
an average of 22.5-inch,
- Funai is the number-one supplier of CRTs in North America (the Emerson,
Sylvania, and Symphonic brands, and some Aventura, Durabrand, Esa, Misakai, and
even Magnavox), and
- Samsung is number-one overall worldwide in both revenue and units.
There's lots more in this story and much, much more in the report:
<http://www.widescreenreview.com/news_detail.php?recid=10832>
Quixel Research confirms the popularity of the 30-to-32-inch LCD-size
category in the third quarter:
<http://www.twice.com/article/CA6288934.html>
Need I point out that the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) 2005
figures for TV sales to U.S. dealers will be reviewed at ***The Technology
Retreat***?
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Pacific Media Associates reports a big increase in the street prices of
rear-projection TVs due to the shift from being CRT based to being microdisplay
based. The story is not yet on their web site:
<http://www.pacificmediaassociates.com/Press_releases/press_release.htm>
- I'm not yet permitted to release CEA sales figures past week 45, but some of
the older figures have been revised. According to the revised figures, sales
to U.S. dealers of non-"digital" television through the 45th week of this year
were down 11.9% from the same period last year. My 12-week running average is
down 12.6%. So-called "digital" TVs represented 17.1% of non-flat-panel TV
sales to dealers. If flat-panel is included, based on the most-recent figures
I have, they would rise to 32.5%. CEA considers a TV "digital" if it can
display at least 480p imagery OR can receive DTT signals (or both).
There are no big surprises in the figures for the 46th and 47th weeks,
although the comparative drop in growth of non-flat-panel "digital" TVs has
slowed.
- Ads for set-top DTT receivers: I'm aware of only the DirecTV units at Best
Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Good Guys, and Video & Audio Center.
- Ad confusions: Flat Universe called the Panasonic non-HD TH42PD50 "HDTV
Comp."
- The ads - Readers have asked how to get hold of some of the non-national
retailers, so look for their phone numbers at the bottom of the memo. J&R had
Sony's HDR-HC1 HD camcorder for under $1600. You can learn how HD it is at the
small-format HD acquisition seminar at ***The Technology Retreat***. BE THERE!
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Best Buy (HD disclaimers only):
- DirecTV H20 DirecTV/ATSC receiver/decoder $0 AS
- DirecTV HR10-250 ATSC/DirecTV receiver/PVR $399.99 AS
- Insignia IS-LCDTV26 26-inch wide LCD TV $699.99
- JVC HD52G786/HD52BP6 52-inch wide integr. D-ILA proj. DTV $2374.99
- JVC HD56G786/HD56BP6 56-inch wide integr. D-ILA proj. DTV $2849.99
- JVC LT26X506 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $944.99
- JVC LT40X776 40-inch wide integr. LCD DTV/card viewer $2799.99
- LG 50PX1D 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $3609.99
- LG 50PX4DR 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV/PVR $4749.99
- Magnavox 30MW5405/17 30-inch widescreen TV $499.99
- Maxent MX-42XM11 42-inch widescreen plasma TV $1899.99
- Mitsubishi WD-62527 62-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3149.99
- Philips 42PF9630A/37 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2859.99
- RCA HD50LPW175 50-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection DTV $1799.99
- Samsung HLR4266W 42-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection DTV $1799.99
- Samsung HLR5667W 56-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection DTV $2849.99 DR
- Samsung LNR238W 23-inch 16:9 LCD TV $949.99
- Samsung SPR4232 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2089.99
- Samsung TXR2779H 27-inch 4:3 integrated CRT DTV $599.99
- Samsung TXR3079WH 30-inch 16:9 integrated CRT DTV $899.99
- Sharp LC20B8US 20-inch 4:3 LCD TV $799.99 BS
- Sony KDFE50A10 50-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV w/$70RC $$2249.99
- Sony KDP51WS655 51-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $1599.99
- Sony KDSR60XBR1 60-inch widescreen integr. LCD proj. DTV $4999.99
- Sony KV32FS120 32-inch 4:3 CRT TV $499.99
- Sylvania 6615LF4 15-inch 4:3 LCD TV $249.99
- Toshiba 30HF85 30-inch 16:9 flat CRT TV $699.99
- Toshiba 52HM95 52-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection DTV $2249.99
- Westinghouse LTV-19W3 19-inch LCD monitor $399.99
AS - price after rebate requiring two-year DirecTV subscription
BS - price "before savings"
DR - price includes DVD recorder
RC - price includes "reward certificates" of amount shown
- Circuit City (HD IDs only):
- DirecTV H10/H20 DirecTV/ATSC receiver/decoder $0 AS
- DirecTV HR10250 ATSC/DirecTV receiver/PVR $399.99 AR
- Hitachi 42HDF52 42-inch 16:9 integr. plasma DTV $2419.24
- Hitachi 42HDS52A 42-inch 16:9 integr. plasma DTV $3299.99
- Hitachi 51F710S 51-inch 16:9 integr. CRT proj. DTV $1699.99
- Hitachi 51M200 51-inch widescreen projection monitor $1199.99
- Hitachi 55HDS52 55-inch 16:9 integr. plasma DTV $4999.99
- LG 50PX4DR 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV/PVR $4999.99
- Magnavox 32MF605W 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $1099.99
- Magnavox 42MF130A 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $1599.99
- Norcent LT2022 20-inch LCD TV $399.24
- Panasonic CT30WX15 30-inch 16:9 CRT TV $599.99
- Panasonic PT44LCX65 44-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV $1999.99
- Panasonic PT61LCX65 61-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV $2799.99 AR
- Panasonic TC26LX50 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1249.99 AR
- Panasonic TC32LX50 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $1899.99
- Philips 42PF7320A 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2399.99
- Philips 42PF9730A 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2999.99
- Philips 50PF9630A 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $3999.99
- Polaroid FLM1511 15-inch 4:3 LCD TV $289.24
- Polaroid FLM2011 20-inch 4:3 LCD TV $399.99
- Polaroid FLM2601 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $799.99
- Samsung HLR4266W 42-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection DTV $1799.24
- Samsung HLR5667W 56-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection DTV $2999.99
- Samsung LNR408D 40-inch 16:9 integrated LCD DTV $3099.99
- Samsung TXR3079WH 30-inch 16:9 integrated CRT DTV $799.99
- Sharp LC13SH4U 13-inch 4:3 LCD TV $349.99
- Sharp LC15B8US 15-inch 4:3 LCD TV $499.99
- Sharp LC20B8US 20-inch 4:3 LCD TV $799.99
- Sharp LC26GA5U 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1099.24
- Sharp LC32DA5U 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $1599.99
- Sony KDFE42A10 42-inch wide integrated LCD projection DTV $1999.99
- Sony KDFE50A10 50-inch wide integrated LCD projection DTV $2499.99
- Sony KDLV26XBR1 26-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $1999.99
- Sony KDLV32XBR1 32-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $2699.99
- Sony KDLV40XBR1 40-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $3499.99
- Sony KDSR50XBR1 50-inch widescreen integr. LCD proj. DTV $3999.99
- Sony KDSR60XBR1 60-inch widescreen integr. LCD proj. DTV $4999.99
- Sony KLVS15G10 15-inch 4:3 LCD TV $499.99
- Sony KLVS23A10 23-inch widescreen LCD TV $1199.99
- Sony KLVS26A10 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1499.99
- Sony KLVS32A10 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $1999.99
- Zenith Z50PX2D 50-inch widescreen integrated plasma DTV $3299.99 AR
AR - price after mail-in rebate
AS - price after rebate requiring two-year DirecTV subscription
- CompUSA (appropriate disclaimer):
- DirecTV receiver/decoder $0 AS
- HP 32-inch widescreen integrated (?) LCD TV $1999
- Sharp 26-inch widescreen integrated (?) LCD TV $999.99
- Syntax Olevia 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $999.99 AR
- Syntax Olevia 37-inch widescreen LCD TV $1499.99 AR
- Zenith 42-inch widescreen integrated (?) plasma TV $1899.99
AS - price after rebate requiring two-year DirecTV subscription
- CompUSA w/Good Guys Inside (Los Angeles Times, appropriate disclaimer):
- DirecTV DirecTV/ATSC receiver/decoder $0 AS
- DirecTV HR10-250 ATSC/DirecTV receiver/PVR $399 AR
- LG 23LX1RV 23-inch widescreen LCD/DVD combo $1099
- Panasonic TH-37PX50U 37-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2499
- Panasonic TH-42PD50U 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $1999
- Samsung LNR328W 32-inch 16:9 LCD TV $1799
- Sony KDSR60XBR1 60-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV w/stand $4999
AR - price after mail-in rebate
AS - price after rebate requiring two-year DirecTV subscription
- Dell (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer necessary?):
- Dell 42-inch widescreen integrated [?] plasma DTV $2249 CO
- Dell 50-inch widescreen integrated [?] plasma DTV $3249 CO
CO - price includes $250 discount for subscribing to Comcast cable
- Epson (no disclaimer):
- Epson MovieMate 25 projector/DVD/sound combo w/screen $1199.00
- Epson PowerLite S3 projector w/screen $749.00
- Flat Universe (Metro New York, no disclaimer):
- LG DU-37LZ30 37-inch 16:9 integrated LCD DTV $2099.95
- Norcent LT3230 32-inch 16:9 LCD TV $999.95
- Panasonic TH42PD50 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $1699.95
- Sansui HDPDP4200 42-inch 16:9 plasma monitor $1799.95
- Sony FWD-32LX1 32-inch 16:9 LCD monitor $1499.95
- Sony KLV-23M1 23-inch widescreen LCD TV $749.95
- Sony KLV-26HG2 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $999.95
- Sony PFM-42X1 42-inch 16:9 plasma monitor $2199.95
- Harvey (New York Times, no disclaimer):
- Fujitsu P50XHA40US 50-inch 16:9 plasma TV $5999 AR
- Pioneer PRO930HD 43-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $4999
- Samsung HPR5072 50-inch widescreen integrated plasma DTV $4199
- Sharp LC37D6U 37-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $2899
- J&R (am New York, no disclaimer):
- Panasonic CT-27HL14 27-inch 4:3 CRT TV $379.99
- Philips 42PF9730A 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2499.99
- Pioneer PDP-42A3HD 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2499.99
- Sharp 65DR650 65-inch wide integrated DLP projection DTV $2099.99
- Sony HDR-HC1 camcorder $1594.99
- Sony KLV-S19A10 19-inch widescreen LCD TV $799.99
- Syntax Olevia LT42HVi 42-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $2199.99 AR
- ViewSonic N2750W 27-inch widescreen LCD TV $699.99 AR
AR - price after mail-in rebate
- J&R (New York Times, no disclaimer):
- Canon LV-5220 projector $899.99
- Canon LV-7230 projector $999.99
- HP LC3700N 37-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV
- InFocus ScreenPlay 5000 $999 AR
- InFocus X2 projector $699.99 AR
- Optoma EP739 projector $1349.99
- Panasonic CT-27HL14 27-inch 4:3 CRT TV $379.99
- Panasonic TH42PX50U 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV
- Pioneer PDP-42A3HD 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2499.99
- Samsung LN-R328W 32-inch 16:9 LCD TV
- Sharp 65DR650 65-inch widescreen integrated DLP projection DTV $2099.99
- Sony KV-27FS120 27-inch 4:3 CRT TV $299.99
- Syntax Olevia LT42HVi 42-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $2099.99 AR
- Westinghouse LTV-19w3 19-inch 8:5 LCD monitor $399.99
- Westinghouse LTV-30w2 30-inch widescreen LCD monitor $799.99
AR - price after mail-in rebate
- Ken Crane's (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- HP LC3700N 37-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $2498
- HP MD5020 50-inch widescreen integrated projection DTV $2498
- HP MD5880 58-inch widescreen integrated projection DTV $3998
- HP PE4200N 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma TV $1998
- HP PL4200N 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma TV $3298
- Mitsubishi PD-6150 61-inch 16:9 plasma TV $9998
- Mitsubishi WD-52327 52-inch 16:9 projection TV $1998
- Panasonic TC-26LX50 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1398
- Sharp LC-32D6U 32-inch integrated LCD DTV $1998
- Sony KDS-R50XBR1 50-inch wide integrated LCD projection DTV $3499
- Magnolia (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- Mitsubishi WD62628 62-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $4399 BS
- Panasonic TH42PD50U 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $1999 BS
- Samsung HLR6178 61-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection DTV $4499 BS
- Samsung TXR3080 30-inch 16:9 integrated CRT DTV $899
- Sharp LC32D6U 32-inch integrated LCD DTV $1999 BS
- Sony KDFE42A10 42-inch wide integrated LCD projection DTV $1999 BS
- Sony KDSR60XBR1 60-inch wide integrated LCD projection DTV $4999 BS
- Sony KLVS23A10 23-inch widescreen LCD TV $1199 BS
- Sony LFX-11 12-inch 4:3 "wireless" LCD TV $1499 BS
BS - price "before savings"
- P.C. Richard & Son (am New York, appropriate disclaimers):
- Audiovox FPE2705 27-inch widescreen LCD TV $799.17
- Sony KDFE42A10 42-inch wide integrated LCD projection DTV $1799.97
- Sony KLVS23A10 23-inch widescreen LCD TV $989.97
- Sony KLVS32A10 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $1799.97
- P.C. Richard & Son (New York Times, HD disclaimers only):
- Audiovox FPE2705 27-inch widescreen LCD TV $799.17
- Philips 42PF9630 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2499.27
- Samsung LNR238W 23-inch 16:9 LCD TV $899.97
- Samsung LNR408D 40-inch 16:9 integrated LCD DTV $2699.97
- Sharp LC20SH4U 13-inch 4:3 LCD TV $499.47
- Sony KDLV26XBR1 26-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $1799.97
- Sony KLVS23A10 23-inch widescreen LCD TV $989.97
- Sears (Minneapolis Star Tribune, HD disclaimers only):
- Hitachi 42HDM12 42-inch 16:9 plasma monitor $1979.99
- Hitachi 50V720 50-inch 16:9 integrated LCD projection DTV $1879.99
- Hitachi 51F710 51-inch 16:9 integr. CRT proj. DTV $1349.99
- JVC HD52G886 52-inch wide integrated D-ILA proj. DTV w/stand $2339.99
- JVC LT32X506 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $1439.99
- Magnavox 26MF605 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $799.99
- Magnavox 32MF605W 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $1199.99
- Mitsubishi WD62527 62-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3149.99
- Mitsubishi WD62627 62-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3779.99
- Mitsubishi WS65517 65-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $2069.99
- Panasonic TC19LX50 19-inch 16:9 LCD TV $764.99
- Panasonic TC32LX50 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $1709.99
- Panasonic TH42PD50 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $1799.99
- Panasonic TH42PX50U 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2699.99
- Samsung HLR4677W 46-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection DTV $2069.99
- Samsung HPR5052 50-inch widescreen integrated plasma DTV $3599.99
- Samsung LNR268W 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1259.99
- Samsung LNR408D 40-inch 16:9 integrated LCD DTV $2969.99
- Samsung TXR3079 30-inch 16:9 integrated CRT DTV $854.99
- Sony KDF-E50A10 50-inch wide integrated LCD projection DTV $2249.99
- Sony KDLV40XBR1 40-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $3149.99
- Sony KDS-R50XBR1 50-inch wide integrated LCD projection DTV $3599.99
- Sony KLV-S26A10 26-inch 16:9 LCD TV $1349.99
- Sony KLVS32A10 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $1799.99
- Sony KV30HS420 30-inch 16:9 CRT TV $759.99
- Toshiba 27HL85 27-inch widescreen LCD TV $1169.99
- Toshiba 42HP95 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2699.99
- Toshiba 56HM195 56-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection DTV $2879.99
- Sony (no disclaimer necessary):
- Sony KDL-V26XBR1 26-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $1999.99
- Sony KDL-V32XBR1 32-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $2699.99
- Sony KDL-V40XBR1 40-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $3499.99
- Sony KDS-R50XBR1 50-inch widescreen integrated LCD proj. DTV $3999.99
- Sony KDS-R60XBR1 60-inch widescreen integrated LCD proj. DTV $4999.99
- Target (no disclaimer necessary):
- Polaroid FDX-0700T 7-inch widescreen LCD TV/DVD/radio $268
- RCA HD44LPW62 44-inch wide integr. proj. DTV w/$200GC $1788
- Ultimate Electronics (Minneapolis Star Tribune, appropriate IDs):
- Akai PDP4206EM 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1298.95
- LG 50PX1D 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $3419.95
- Magnavox 27MT5405 27-inch 4:3 flat-tube TV $398.95
- Mitsubishi WD62627 62-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3779.95
- Mitsubishi WD73727 73-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $4949.95
- Panasonic CT27HL15 27-inch 4:3 CRT TV $549.95 BS
- Panasonic PT47X54 47-inch 16:9 projection TV $888.95
- Panasonic TC19LX50 19-inch 16:9 LCD TV $749.95
- Panasonic TC23LX50 23-inch widescreen LCD TV $899.95
- Panasonic TH42PD50 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $1799.99
- Panasonic TH42PX500U 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $3149.95
- Samsung HLR5067W 50-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection DTV $2249.95 DS
- Samsung HLR6178W 61-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection DTV $3949.95 DS
- Samsung HPR5072 50-inch widescreen integrated plasma DTV $3779.95
- Sharp LC32D4U 32-inch integrated LCD DTV $1889.95
- Sony KD34XBR960/N 34-inch 16:9 integrated DTV $1709.95
- Sony KDLV26XBR1 26-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $1799.95
- Sony KDSR50XBR1 50-inch wide integrated LCD projection DTV $3599.95
- Sony KV30HS420 30-inch 16:9 CRT TV $719.95
- Toshiba 26HF85 26-inch 16:9 flat CRT TV $599.95 BS
- Toshiba 27HLV95 27-inch widescreen LCD DTV/DVD combo $1529.95
- Toshiba 34HFX85 34-inch 16:9 CRT TV $1349.95
- Toshiba 37HLX95 37-inch wide integrated LCD DTV/DVD combo $2969.95
- Toshiba 42DPC85 42-inch 16:9 plasma monitor $1799.95
- Toshiba 46HM95 46-inch 16:9 integr. DLP proj. DTV $1999.95
- Toshiba 52HMX95 52-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection TV $2519.95
- Zenith Z50PX2D 50-inch widescreen integrated plasma DTV $3149.95
BS - price "before savings"
DS - price includes DVD recorder and Super Bowl highlights video
- Universal Computers & Electronics (am New York, no disclaimer):
- Panasonic TH42PE506 42-inch widescreen flat-panel TV $1199
- Panasonic [?] HPP3298PP 32-inch widescreen flat-panel TV $799
- Philips 42-inch widescreen TV $1099
- Samsung 42-inch widescreen TV $949
- Samsung HLD5020 50-inch TV w/PIP $1029
- Sony KED4235 42-inch widescreen flat-panel TV $1499
- Sony KDF55B25 55-inch LCD [projection?] TV $1399
- Video & Audio Center (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- DirecTV HR10250 ATSC/DirecTV receiver/PVR $399 AR
- Fujitsu P55XHA40US 55-inch 16:9 plasma TV $8497 IT
- LG 17LX1R 17-inch widescreen LCD TV $597 IT
- LG 50PX1D 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $3797
- LG 60PY2DR 60-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV/PVR $10,997 IT
- Mitsubishi PD4265 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $3697 IT
- Mitsubishi WS[?]73727 73-inch 16:9 integr. proj. DTV $5497 IT
- Panasonic TH50PX50U 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $3997 IT
- Pioneer Pro1130HD 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $6497 IT
- Sharp LC37DB5U 37-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $2597 IT
- Sharp LC45GD7U 45-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $4997 IT
- Sharp LC65D90U 65-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $19,997
- Sony KDFE42A10 42-inch wide integrated LCD projection DTV $1997 IT
- Sony KDFE50A10 50-inch wide integrated LCD projection DTV $2497 IT
- Sony KDLV40XBR1 40-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $3497 IT
- Sony KDSR50XBR1 50-inch wide integrated LCD proj. DTV $3997 IT
- Sony KDSR60XBR1 60-inch wide integrated LCD proj. DTV $4997 IT
- Sony KLVS32A10 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $1997 IT
- "Special Purchase" 42-inch widescreen integrated plasma DTV $1597
- "Special Purchase" 50-inch widescreen plasma monitor $2997 AR
AR - price after mail-in rebate
IT - price includes sales tax
- DVD news:
- I am not yet permitted to release CEA sales figures past week 45. The
old DVD sales figures, unlike those of TV, have not been recently revised.
- The big DVD news of the week, of course, is the presence of all three
authors of "DVD Demystified" at ***The Technology Retreat***, offering
everything you wanted to know about the next generation consumer disk formats
-- and then some.
As usual, the high-end talent at the retreat is so extensive -- from
National Security Agency video-intelligence analysts to Hollywood-studio
digital-cinema decision makers -- that whatever you want to know, SOMEONE will
be there who knows the answer. Come and ask!
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Biz tidbits:
- Ed Clare has resigned as executive director of the Production Equipment
Rental Association.
- Thomson is buying Canopus.
- Upcoming Dates (DTV and non-DTV):
- *December 12, Hollywood Pacific Theater, ETC digital screening of "Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire" <http://www.etcenter.org/Seminars.asp>.
- December 12-15, FCC, Washington, D.C., free FCC/ITU/SIA International
Space Regulatory Workshop
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-262161A1.pdf>.
- *December 15, Hollywood Pacific Theater, ETC digital screening of "The
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
<http://www.etcenter.org/Seminars.asp>.
- January 4, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, HDTV Business Conference
<http://www.hdtv-bc.com/program.htm>.
- January 5-8, Las Vegas, Consumer Electronics Show
<http://www.cesweb.org/default_flash.asp>.
- January 29-February 1, Hollywood Renaissance Hotel, SMPTE Advanced
Motion Imaging Conference and VSF VidTrans
<http://www.smpte.org/conferences/vidsmcfp.cfm>.
- ***February 21, Rancho Las Palmas Marriott, Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs
area), California, pre-Technology Retreat seminars <http://www.hpaonline.com>.
- ***February 22-24, Rancho Las Palmas Marriott, Rancho Mirage (Palm
Springs area), California, HPA's 12th-annual Technology Retreat
<http://www.hpaonline.com>.
- February 27-28, Park Central Hotel, New York, Collaborative
Communications Summit <http://sites.securemc.com/folder4073/>.
- February 28, Dorchester Hotel, London, Collaborative Conferencing Summit
<http://sites.securemc.com/folder22719/>.
- *March 21-23, Loews Coronado Bay Resort, San Diego, DisplaySearch
flat-panel display conference <http://www.displaysearch.com/usfpd2006/>.
- April 6-7, Las Vegas, IEEE International Symposium on Broadband
Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting
<http://www.ieee.org/organizations/society/bt/index.html>.
- *June 7-9, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Infocomm
<http://www.infocomm.org/>.
- June 27-29, Javits Center, New York, Entertainment Technology Alliance
<http://www.etaexpo.com/>.
* - new or revised listing
TTFN,
Mark
PS Permission is granted to forward this or any other Monday Memo. Next
week's memo might be late.
Phone numbers of some retailers mentioned (the ones starting +1 will work from
outside the United States):
- Flat Universe: +1-212-600-0654
- Harvey: +1-212-575-5000, 800-2-LISTEN
- J&R: +1-212-238-9000, 800-221-8180
- P.C. Richard: +1-212-979-2600
- Universal Computers & Electronics: +1-718-784-8000
Have a question about the memo? Before contacting me, please try the FAQs and
glossary in the second postscript to the January 10 memo:
<http://www.digitaltelevision.com/mondaymemo/mlist/frm02163.html>
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